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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
@Dale Needles Thanks, Dale. This piece has a lot of "diagonally left-hand movements", and I found Carlevaro's exercises very useful for piece like this.
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
@Romy This piece utilizes the entire neck and appears quite challenging. I'm looking forward to your next version, Romy. Good job!
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
@joosje Thanks, Joosje. "Keeping the pulse in the fast passages at the end" is the most difficult part of this piece🤣. I think I need to memorize it and do more slow practice over the next two weeks.
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
@Blaise Laflamme @don @Romy @Andre Bernier Thank you, guys. At first, I thought it wasn't that difficult, but after two weeks of practice, I found that it's more difficult than it looks.
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
@David Krupka Thanks so much, David. I found that using p-i was really comfortable and makes sense when playing this piece (although I didn't strictly follow the 'p for downbeat & i for upbeat'…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
Fantasia que Contrahaze la Harpa en la Manera de Ludovico - Alonsa Mudarra Since it's so quiet here, please let me share the piece I'm currently working on.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Week 1: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
Hi everyone! After taking a break from the guitar for a month, I'm ready to jump back into the challenge this month. Oh, hold on! What? "Monster pieces" this month!? Alright then,…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Monsters of Nylon!
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Re: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata BWV208) - Bach
@Eric Phillips @don Thank you, guys. After this one, I need to take a rest and play some easy pieces. 😅
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata BWV208) - Bach

While everyone is enjoying the Villa-Lobos challenge, I'm still finishing up my "unfinished business." This piece is quite difficult, and even after practicing it for a month and a half,…
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- updated 2 yrs ago
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Re: Who are the guitarists that you think more people should know about?
I don't know this guitarist, but his performance was stunning!
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Who are the guitarists that you think more people should know about?
@Eric Phillips Thanks for sharing, Eric!
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Who are the guitarists that you think more people should know about?
@David Krupka His performance was stunning! Thanks for sharing, David.
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces!
@Steve Pederson Really nice arrangement and performance too, Steve!! I am a simple man. Whenever I see Bach, I click like.👍
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces!
@Dale Needles Your performance is like a textbook demonstration to me, thanks for sharing! I'm taking a break from Microestudios and grappling with a challenging Bach piece.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@peter hancock I love Sanz's music, thanks for sharing, Peter! 👍
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@Eric Phillips @Blaise Laflamme Thank you, Eric and Blaise! I have listened to other people playing on YouTube, but I didn't find anyone who really accentuated the sf marks.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@Eric Phillips I also love this piece. Metz music is so beautiful that I am planning to buy a book to learn more about it. Thank you for sharing, Eric!
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
@Dale Needles Dale, thank you so much. At first, I thought that as the studies became more difficult, I would become less motivated. However, that turned out not to be the case.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
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Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
@Blaise Laflamme Thank you, Blaise! Honestly, Dale's feedback was more helpful to me than the studies themselves. Whenever I made a mistake (or string noise),…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
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Re: Carlevaro - Compositions
Microestudios No.15 It's clear that this particular practice is aimed at refining your slur technique. At first, I found myself making a lot of string noises when playing slurs with horizontal shifts.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
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Re: Week 3: Tackling Challenges!
@Blaise Laflamme That was beautiful, Blaise. Andrew York's music has a unique nostalgic quality, and you brought it out beautifully in your playing.
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
Mauro Giuliani - Etude Op. 51 No. 1 I love easy pieces, and I wanted to learn some Giuliani music recently, so I decided to find an easy little Giuliani piece for this challenge.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
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- Mini Challenges! 👐
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Eric Phillips Wow, playing a 6:30 piece with only a little hiccup is truly impressive, Eric! It's an accomplishment I could never have imagined achieving myself. Excellent work!👏
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise. To me, playing with standard tuning is already hard enough, which is why I also don't often practice pieces with alternate tunings.…
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Dale Needles Thanks, Dale. Yes, I always find early music fascinating, I wish I had the opportunity to learn more about it myself.
- Wai_Ng
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⏰
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